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13 Dec 2025 5 minute read 1 comment Nathan Payne
My 2nd wife rescued Louie's mom while we were living behind the women's recovery house of a homeless outreach ministry of questionable authenticity in Oceano, California in 2008. We were living in an old trailer, a relic from the atomic age with a c...
12 Dec 2025 4 minute read 0 comments Nurnobi Islam
The footprints told a story before I ever understood what I was looking at. Someone had walked this ridge where white sand curves like a frozen wave, separating two entirely different universes. On one side, the endless ripples of the desert stretch...
27 Nov 2025 3 minute read 3 comments Cje95
Today to put it plainly was a tough day. When the attack first started making it the rounds and when I first saw the videos and photos I have to say I though the two National Guardsman were dead. So when the news broke a little later saying that they...
25 Nov 2025 1 minute read 1 comment madventure
The first few days in Jordan were exhausting. A tiring journey on a cramped Ryanair plane, followed by a drive in a car with an automatic transmission, which I drove for the first time in my life, through terrain completely unfamiliar to me, to a...
24 Nov 2025 2 minute read 4 comments LeftFooted
The view from the cheap seats ain’t bad. I have to like it. There’s no alternative. I can’t afford to fly business. I’ve only done it three times. I’m looking to change that btw. I’ve been trying to cut down on quantity and raise the bar on quality...
24 Nov 2025 1 minute read 1 comment madventure
First day in Jordan, lots of running and stress The first day in Jordan was very tiring. Waking up at 2 a.m. to catch a 6:50 flight to Krakow. A three-hour flight, lengthy check-ins, buying a SIM card and picking up a car, and then driving to Ma...
23 Nov 2025 1 minute read 0 comments madventure
We planned our second day of Petra sightseeing very early, just after dawn. This turned out to be a great move, as there were practically no tourists ahead of us. We could peacefully soak in the views and take photos of just us, the beauti...
22 Nov 2025 1 minute read 1 comment madventure
Petra day three but not the last Petra Day: The same kilometers as yesterday, but the walking time was shorter. The effort was greater, as after the walk, there was a quick trip to Aqaba, and some decent relaxation. Monuments are monuments, b...
22 Nov 2025 1 minute read 0 comments User_new
Yes you heard it right. My best day of walking is about 20.3 KM and I did it in 6 hours. 4 hours of climbing to the top and 2 hours to down. It was one of the toughest day but but definitely one of the best of mine. After long time today I did it aro...
21 Nov 2025 1 minute read 0 comments madventure
Today was a very intense day, almost 7 hours of intense walking. It doesn't translate into distance, but the terrain and walking conditions were unique. While getting to Petra wasn't much of a challenge, especially since it was only 20 deg...
